setInterval not working properly on Chrome

I have a custom made slideshow object to perform the usual stuff the name indicates on a website. It all works well except when I switch tabs in Chrome and come back to the website tab. When that happens, the slideshow goes nuts and starts fading the images disregarding the setInterval interval given. Can't find anyhing related to this, so I'd like to at least know if it's a problem with the code or a software issue.

Here's the code (being used with jQuery) :

$(function() {

    // slideshow
    var slideshow = {
        id : false,
        current : 0,
        count : 0,
        interval : false,
        init : function(data) {
            if (!data)
                return false;

            $.each(data, $.proxy(
                function(index, value) {
                    this[index] = data[index];
                }, this)
            );

            this.count = this.images.length;

            for (x=1;x<=this.count;x++)
                $('#slider ul.nav').append('<li></li>');

            $('#slider ul.nav li').live('click', function()
            {
                slideshow.click(this);
            });

            $('#slider ul.nav li:eq(0)').addClass('on');
            $('#slider ul.nav').css('width', (15*this.count)+'px');

            return true;
        },
        start : function () {
            slideshow.id = setInterval(function() { slideshow.action(); }, slideshow.options.interval);
        },
        stop : function() {
            clearInterval(slideshow.id);
        },
        action : function() {
            slideshow.current < (slideshow.count-1) ? slideshow.current++ : slideshow.current = 0;

            $('#slider img').fadeOut('normal', function() {
                $('#slider img').attr('src', slideshow.images[slideshow.current].url);
                $('#slider ul.nav li').removeClass('on');
                $('#slider ul.nav li:eq('+slideshow.current+')').addClass('on');
                $('#slider div.title').html(slideshow.images[slideshow.current].title);
                $('#slider div.description').html(slideshow.images[slideshow.current].description);
                $('#slider a.more').attr('href', slideshow.images[slideshow.current].target);
            }).fadeIn('normal');

            return true;
        },
        click : function(o) {
            slideshow.stop();

            var index = $('#slider ul.nav li').index(o);
            slideshow.current = index;

            $('#slider img').fadeOut('normal', function() {
                $('#slider img').attr('src', slideshow.images[index].url);
                $('#slider ul.nav li').removeClass('on');
                $(o).addClass('on');
                $('#slider div.title').html(slideshow.images[index].title);
                $('#slider div.description').html(slideshow.images[index].description);
                $('#slider a.more').attr('href', slideshow.images[index].target);
            }).fadeIn('normal');

            slideshow.start();
            return true;
        },
    };

    slideshow.init(slider);
    slideshow.start();

});